Property/Construction Management

All parish real estate is owned under Canon Law by the canonical parish as parish patrimony. All such real estate will be owned, under New Mexico civil law, by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Real Estate Corporation (ASFREC), in Trust, for the benefit of the parish civil corporation and the canonical parish.

ASFREC has a board of directors (the “Real Estate Board”) consisting of the vicar general, the episcopal vicar, and the executive director of finance. It employs an executive director to execute the directives of the board. The Real Estate Board established a committee, Construction and Real Estate (CARE), to recommend approval, denial, or modifications of proposed construction projects. The Real Estate Board appoints the CARE committee, which consists of the members of the Real Estate Board, the executive director of the board, the executive director of general services, a pastor, and two lay experts in construction.

Although all parish real property is legally owned by the ASFREC (under NM law), each property is leased to its respective parish corporation, and the pastor, as President of the Parish Corporation, controls the use of parish property and is responsible for its care and maintenance.  The pastor’s approval is required for any purchase or sale of parish property, for subleasing of parish space, accepting donated property, granting easements, and for any other transaction affecting parish property. This is designed to parallel Canon Law.

1. Construction
2. Real Property, including sales, purchases, donations/bequests, leases of parish properties, and temporary or part-time use
3. Archdiocese of Santa Fe Real Estate Corporation Structure and Guidelines